Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response [With CDROM] Tapa dura - 2006

About the Authors

This book was written by the staff of the Workplace Safety Training Program as a part of the Center for Labor Education and Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The program is committed to advancing the health and safety of workers and emergency responders.

D. ALAN VEASEY is Director of the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a firefighter/EMT and a certified confined space and rope rescue technician. His specialty training areas are chemical safety, hazardous materials emergency response, and confined space entry and rescue.

LISA CRAFT MCCORMICK is the former curriculum coordinator for the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a confined space and rope rescue technician. Her speciality training areas include hazardous materials chemistry, hazardous materials emergency response, and confined space entry and rescue.

BARBARA M. HILYER was the former director of the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She was a leading authority on training techniques for effective safety and health training. Her specialty training areas included toxicology, hazard and risk assessment, and training methods.

KENNETH W. OLDFIELD is the Industrial Hygiene Services Manager at the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a certified industrial hygienist. His specialty training areas include computer applications, hazardous materials air monitoring, personal protective equipment, and respirator facepiece fit-testing.

SAM HANSEN is an instructor at the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He holds the rank of Battalion Chief in the fire service and is a certified confined space and rope rescue technician. His specialty training areas include hazardous materials emergency response, confined space entry and rescue, and incident management systems.

THEODORE H. KRAYER is the Training Manager at the Workplace Safety Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a firefighter/EMT and a certified confined space and rope rescue technician. His specialty training areas include hazardous materials emergency response, confined space entry and rescue, and incident management.